Chapter 2014 The thickness of the crucible (9)

In the 1840s, when the Midlands of England was hit by rinderpest, an educated boy would pray rather than blame wizards and find a "witch" to take the blame, as people in the Middle Ages did.

Guilt.

Joshua Wedgwood was originally born and raised in Staffordshire. Like many apprentices, he followed his elder brother to make pottery in the family workshop left by his father at the age of 9. However, the rinderpest caused many people to instantly change their minds.

Having lost their most important asset, the cattle, the peasant family had no choice but to work in the factory.

Staffordshire can also be considered an industrial area, but Wedgwood still went to Birmingham as an adult. It was indeed a noisy, dirty, chaotic, and unplanned city, but it was not bound by rules and was not bound by ancient guilds.

The freedom and "brain-boiling" creativity made it one of the centers of the "Enlightenment" of the Industrial Revolution.

There were no large steel mills or manufacturing plants in Birmingham at that time, and it was mainly composed of independent self-employed people. Many escaped apprentices came here, some like Wedgwood, who continued to practice the craft they had learned before, and some who changed careers and became merchants.

At that time, the Bolton family was still in the belt buckle business. The manufacturers at that time would go out on horseback, with a pair of pistols attached to the belt, so that they could defend themselves against robbers on the road.

Even if some people are not Robin Hoods, they are still planning to "rob from the rich and give to the poor". Along the way, these manufacturers may join forces with textile manufacturers in Manchester, cutlery makers in Sheffield or potters in Staffordshire.

Robbers blocking the road.

It is not as wild as the American West, but the road is definitely not like the one described in "Pride and Prejudice". A girl and two elderly couples can travel freely by themselves in a carriage. The security under the rule is also an assessment of the county guard.

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It is also possible that the security in Pemberley is indeed good. Anyway, Elizabeth arrived at Mr. Darcy's estate safely and was shocked by his wealth.

Georgiana counted the time and found that Jane Austen seemed to be still alive, but she had not yet started her writing career. How could Georgiana express to her that she had "long admired the famous name"?

All in all, Georgiana felt that it was necessary to investigate the Moonlight Society. There are many dreamers who may have beautiful dreams at the beginning, but they change when they become reality. The voting rules designed at the U.S. Constitutional Convention are an example.

The second best person may not be willing to cooperate with the first best person, and may also conflict due to different political opinions.

Albus once said that people who forget how to listen will not care what a child says.

The Victorian politician Palmerston famously said: There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

Because it was profitable, the steward of the parish orphanage signed an agreement with the factory. Although this kind of abandonment of the future had basic shortcomings, thanks to the "apprenticeship system", Britain could form a high-count yarn monopoly in a short period of time.

Machines may have started out as a way to save manpower, but now they have become a tool that brings inequality, chaos and misery.

Wedgwood and Bolton participated in the Irish tariff and trade negotiations and turned the trade treaty to their own advantage. Not only did these two men, this time, the teapot that Napoleon dropped when signing the Treaty of Campo Formio was made by Wedgwood.

, and the teapot was given to Count Cobenz by Queen Catherine. In 1774, Wedgwood made more than 900 sets of off-white tableware for Catherine, and Wedgwood had the "Queen's Ceramics"

"" title. With this title, he and Bolton went into high society and promoted Wedgwood porcelain together. This made Wedgwood still prosperous even though many companies were in depression after the Seven Years' War.

He is an ambitious potter. A man may not understand what a woman thinks, but he can hire women to design patterns for the pottery. Generally, only women will care about the patterns on the pottery.

"Do you remember the pattern on the teapot you threw at Count Cobenz's?" Georgiana suddenly asked.

Bonaparte, who was drinking coffee, was stunned when asked.

"Don't worry." Georgiana said expressionlessly, continuing to flip through the Times in her hand.

Wedgwood trained many amateur artists, especially educated women. The "Queen's Ceramics" they designed were not in the Rococo style, but in the neoclassical and Renaissance styles. The most important thing is that their new porcelain has

Advertisements for Idrunya models were published in newspapers.

Georgiana also sent a lot of Sèvres porcelain to European royal families. The ones she chose at the time were flower and grass patterns, which looked very "pastoral".

Whether it is pottery or glass, the glazing process requires the use of alkali. During the Seven Years' War, the supply of alkali in Spain stopped. At that time, Spain also provided plant alkali from bristleweed. In the past, the alkali used by people was mainly

"Pearl ash" extracted from charcoal, but with the reduction of Scottish forests, the supply of "soda ash" can only be found through other means. Kelp ash, Nordic grass alkali, and American "pearl ash" are not very effective. Georgiana thought of supplying "soda ash" for

Did improving the competitiveness of Sèvres ceramics restrict French soda ash exports? She did not. She still thought about fair competition and how to surpass Wedgwood in porcelain design.

I'm such a kind person~

She slammed the newspaper with the recruitment advertisement on the table and started eating breakfast.

Bonaparte looked at her with a strange look, as if he were looking at some rare animal.

"What?" she asked fiercely.

He shook his head and continued reading the newspaper.

She didn't understand what was so interesting about that newspaper, but she didn't say anything. Nowadays, newspapers in Britain and France are very restrained and have not attacked each other, except for a few individuals.

The scandal between Napoleon and Hortense spread to England, and even Dieppe knew about it. This was the information provided by Matilda in the morning, and she overheard the maids who provided services to them last night.

The culprit who printed this scandal has been arrested by the British. He is the man who likes to perform decapitation of chickens with a guillotine in his backyard.

The strange thing is that she easily believed this was a scandal, even though everyone said it was true.

But she always suspected that Severus was still thinking about Lily.

This may be because it was the memory belonging to Severus that Harry saw in the Pensieve. He actually did not suspect that the memory was forged. Harry also encountered Slughorn creating it in order to conceal the connection with Horcruxes.

In order to obtain the real memory, he also used the elixir of happiness.

Is it because she desperately hopes that it is a false memory? But she knows very well in her heart that it is true, and everything else is her imagination.

The man sitting opposite her right now, wearing house slippers, eating breakfast and reading a newspaper, has committed a war crime.

She felt a strong sense of nausea, but she did not condemn him or think he was dirty.

"What are you reading?" he asked, staring at the newspaper as if he didn't care.

"You told me that it is a blessing to be able to give full play to your talents." Georgiana said, "But I also want a pure soul."

He turned his attention from the newspaper to her.

"Don't you think I'm ridiculous?" She smiled bitterly. "I feel like I'm becoming more and more like Melanie. I choose to tolerate it because I need to rely on Scarlett for life."

"Who are they?" he asked.

"My tolerance has limits, Leon. After all, I am not a virtuous woman."

He put the newspaper on the table and held her hand across the table with the hand wearing the bracelet.

"Your opinion is useful to me. You will know it when you get to Antwerp."

"Why come to Antwerp?" she asked.

"Mystery is not something only you women have." He said with a smile, then withdrew his hand and concentrated on eating breakfast.

She felt that no matter how she clarified, she might not be able to convince others that she had no intention of cheating on her in the first place, let alone that it was him.

But at this point, it’s useless to say anything. It’s better to take advantage of the benefits it brings.

Salazar Slytherin once banned Muggles from entering Hogwarts. She felt that she could not be as absolute as him, but strict screening was necessary.

Doing this would make people think she was a pure-blood, but she was sleeping with a Muggle, so how could that count?

Power cannot be given to the wrong people, otherwise they will cause greater harm than without power.

If Voldemort had stayed in a Muggle orphanage, he would have been a horrible child at best and would not have become a dark lord.

"I haven't finished the story about last night on the beach. In the British Museum, I saw a silver cauldron with a horned snake on it."

"I saw it," said Bonaparte. "You call it the horned water snake."

"Some scholars believe that the native place of the horned water snake is the United States, but this silver pot and other documents prove that it is from Western Europe..."

He listened patiently to her without interrupting.

She watched his expression, trying to discern whether he found her annoying.

In other words, he felt that what she told was just a story and she didn't take it seriously.

After all, they don't live in the same world, and she doesn't want to convince him to agree with her.

A Muggle has little to do with occult matters. She will never ask him silly questions like whether he believes in magic again.
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